Synutra to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conferences

QINGDAO, China and ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Synutra International, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYUT) ("Synutra" or the "Company"), which owns subsidiaries in China that produce, market and sell nutritional products for infants, children and adults, today announced its participation in the following conferences:

Citi's Greater China Investor Conference, to be held October 19-20, 2011 at the Grand Hyatt Macau. Management is scheduled to meet with institutional investors throughout the duration of the conference.

Goldman Sachs and Gao Hua China Investment Frontier Conference 2011, to be held October 27-28, 2011 at the Grand Hyatt Beijing. Mr. Liang Zhang, CEO and Chairman of the Company, is scheduled to speak on the consumer panel at 4:00 p.m. Beijing Time on Thursday, October 27, 2011 and management will meet with institutional investors throughout the duration of the conference.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch New China Conference, to be held November 2-4, 2011 at the JW Marriott Hotel Beijing. Management is scheduled to meet with institutional investors on November 3-4, 2011.

Synutra International, Inc. (Nasdaq: SYUT) is a leading infant formula company in China. It principally produces, markets and sells its products through its operating subsidiaries under the "Shengyuan" or "Synutra" name, together with other complementary brands. It focuses on selling premium infant formula products, which are supplemented by more affordable infant formulas targeting the mass market as well as other nutritional products and ingredients. It sells its products through an extensive nationwide sales and distribution network covering 30 provinces and provincial-level municipalities in China. As of June 30, 2011, this network comprised over 630 independent distributors and over 1,000 independent sub-distributors who sell Synutra products in over 69,000 retail outlets.